June 8, 2017

AMN Healthcare Services Inc. (NYSE: AHS), the largest US healthcare staffing provider, appointed Jeff Decker as president of its locum tenens division.

GHR Acquisition, the parent company of Houston-based healthcare firm RecruitIQ Staffing, acquired General Healthcare Resources, a midmarket healthcare staffing company with offices in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Florida. "This is really just the beginning," RecruitIQ President and CEO Janet Elkin said. "There are a lot of things we want to be doing and this acquisition was a really wonderful first step. It's a great company and we are excited."The deal closed at the end of March.

Demand for family physicians is exerting upward pressure on starting salaries, according to a report released by Merritt Hawkins, the physician search division of AMN Healthcare Services Inc.

A person who had been working as a nurse was arrested and indicted last week on suspicion of healthcare fraud and identity theft after a staffing firm checked her employment and educational background, according to court records.Samantha Rivera had never graduated from nursing school nor held a nursing license in any state, according to court records. However, she worked in an $80,000 per year nurse teaching job at a school in New Mexico and as temporary nurse at a hospital in St.

AMN Healthcare Services Inc. (NYSE: AMN) reported that St. Joseph Health has chosen its MSP program for workforce planning and staff recruitment."We are honored to be working with St. Joseph Health and assisting this acclaimed healthcare organization to continue to evolve its approach to recruiting the best clinical and leadership talent," said Susan Salka, president and CEO of AMN Healthcare.

DLH Holdings Corp. (NASD: DLHC), a provider of healthcare and logistics staffing and solutions to the federal government, reported revenue rose 7% on an organic basis in its fiscal second quarter ended March 31.